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So I've never tied any jigs with bucktail or kiptail. I decided to give it a try and this is the result. They are tied on 1/16th oz heads with I believe a #2 hook (sale jigs I picked up somewhere and not sure on size). I was pretty happy with the bucktail ones but feel like I'm missing something in the kiptail. So what do you all think on them? Any and all advice is appreciated!Attachment 416728
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I haven’t done many hair jigs but they look good to me.
I like them. With kiptail...they say less is more but I think yours are fine. You can always add a bit of flash in the tail if you wanted more but those will catch fish.
Good looking ties.
Very nice ties. Should work well.
Bob
Nice ties, thanks for sharing
I tie lots of bucktail and yours look really good. Keep bucktail tied fairly tight as it will slip out if too loose. Hollow hair is a different creature too tie. Northern bucktail is more hollow than southern as our temps are cold this time of year, hence it is minus 3 this morning. Good work there.
Looks good to me! Go get them wet.
Thank you all! Ks I had seen about using less to be more and I tried to do that but with the size of the overall jig I wasn't sure how much to go with. I plan on tying some on 1/32oz heads with #8 sickle hooks and I think the kiptail will look better on those.
Grumpy, can you explain how you tie the bucktail tight? It seemed like if I tried to make it tight the hair would fray out and not want to lay flat? I tied it in as tight as I could without fraying the hair then wrapped over it a few times to try to lock it in.
Thanks again guys it makes me feel more confident in them for sure!
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Sounds like you have it down pretty well, you have all ready experienced too tight. One thing I do is that right before I put my chenille on I put a drop or two of head cement on my hair wrap then chenille. You just want enough head cement to lock the tying thread to the hair a little. If you get too much it can soak out into chenille and make it hard. Another one of those less is more things. With my bucktail/ chenille jigs I use the chenille collar as a scent pad to add Slab Sauce or something to. Keep us posted on your future ties.
I have a little more I should add. 90% of my bucktail ties are for walleye, bass or perch of some kind. For panfish I prefer some hackle or feathers or even skirt silicon material. I guess use what works in your area best.
Your kip looks pretty good. One thing I do is put a little on back then rotate and put a little more on under side to kind of fill it out a little more. To me hair jigs work better in colder water and like others have said a little less is a lot better at times. And your proportions seem fine to me for the jig head size. Just keep after it. You will get it figured out. Like Ksnouf said I always add just a couple of strands of flash to mine.
Your hair jigs look fantastic.
Thank you grumpy I will definitely check those tonight when I get home and see how well it holds in there by pulling on it a little bit. Until now I've never tied crappie jigs with anything other than Marabou. I fish public docks alot in the winter and was just trying something new so maybe something different would be the secret weapon.
Cray, thank you for the advise. I had never thought about doing a little bit on both top and bottom but that would spread it out a little bit more and I think give it the look I was hoping for.
I plan on trying to tie some with neck hackle really soon and I'm sure I will be asking you all's opinion on them soon. Thank you all!
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Looks good to me! I tie a lot of bucktail and probably my favorite. Haven’t used lip tail as every time I see it in stores the hairs look to short for my needs.
Drnip, I was thinking the same thing too on kip tail until I got some out of the package and was surprised how long it actually was. I'm glad to hear you have luck with the buck tail. we are in the same state so that makes me think they might actually work!
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Youve done a nice job on them. Let us know how they do.
Good ties. I really like hair in cold water. More subtle action in my opinion.
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I like the jigs you tied. You’ve gotten some good comments so far. Keep after it and listen to the fish, they’ll tell you what they like.
I tie a ton with buck tail. One thing to remember, it is easier to tie two or three small clumps of hair than it is one big clump. Between clumps, I use super glue.
Looks great to me. Lots of folks prefer kiptail in colder water. Skiptomylou has a great kiptail story if I remember correctly about some Louisiana boys
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